As Washington saw it, Russia's Nikita Khrushchev was backed into an embarrassing corner by the U.S.-NATO refusal to give up war-won rights to stay in West, Berlin. But he was not yet ready to give up the diplomatic battle. His potshots of the week:
ΒΆ Russian First Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan got a three-month diplomatic visa from the U.S. embassy in Moscow, got ready to hit Washington some time next week for a two-week visit. Presumed intention: to feel out the firmness of U.S. policy on West Berlin and to explore a possible deal for all of Germany, perhaps...
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